The Break-Up Diet - Sabrina Kisseih: Stop Hiding. Start Healing. Breakups Aren’t Failures.

Episode Date: August 20, 2025

In this episode, we sit down with Sabrina Kisseih, who faced heartbreak on every front—losing her mother and then her boyfriend just a week later. Sabrina shares her raw, honest journey of grief, se...lf-discovery, and eventually finding a healthier, more fulfilling relationship.We talk about leaning on your girlfriends instead of a partner, recognizing red flags, breaking free from societal shame around breakups, and why endings can actually be opportunities for growth. Sabrina’s perspective will make you rethink what it means to heal, love, and rebuild your life on your own terms.Whether you’re navigating a breakup, grieving a loss, or just want real talk about relationships without the fluff, this episode is for you. Tune in and discover how heartbreak can sometimes lead to your strongest self. 💪✨Send us a textInstagram: @thebreakupdietpod TikTok: @thebreakupdietpodEmail: thebreakupdietpodcast@gmail.com

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey guys, welcome to the breakup diet. We've got such an exciting guest. Welcome to the pod, Sabrina Kisset. Oh, she used the new name. The new surname. Thank you. Lovely to be here. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:00:14 So Sabrina is a travel influencer content creator. She is like the ultimate girl's girl. She really helped me with my divorce. Like you were really there through the hits of the marriage. You saw it all. You saw me like, you help me come out. on the other side and shortly after my breakup you went through a breakup i did yeah quite a hefty breakup was there any like similar things so that you guys could like relate to each other even more or
Starting point is 00:00:42 were they completely different well you talk about your exes in a very respectful way i do not that's true that just shows the kind of breakups we've kind of had but yeah however my breakup so what would i have been like 36 35 36 it was just before my 36 6th birthday and my mom had died like a week before and he broke up with me so let's hear it for the man of the year let's switch it up we've been holding back way too much welcome to the breakup diet but in his defense I think the fact I don't have any other parents so I think the fact that my mom had died and I was like on my own scared him and then he really realize, like, I'm not quite ready for what she's ready for. I think a lot of, I say men, but in this case, probably boys. I think a lot of them think they know what they want in a
Starting point is 00:01:39 relationship and then something happens where they get jarred into a state of reality and they think, oh my gosh, I'm not actually ready for that. Which, do you know what, it's fair enough. Like, obviously it was brutal, but everyone is allowed to have their little breakdowns and unfortunately it was at my expense, but all worked out in the end. So no worries. How did he grieve the death of your mother and a death of a relationship? Like, yeah, it was tricky. He was meant to be a person to support you. Do you know what was crazy though?
Starting point is 00:02:07 In that relationship, I never relied on him emotionally. I came out of a relationship where the ex-person was my rock. So I was used to having that emotional stability. So when I went into my next relationship, to be honest with you, it was kind of like a COVID situation. Like, we fell in love. He was cute. He was beautiful. And I never really had him as my rock.
Starting point is 00:02:25 all my girlfriends were. So I didn't really need his support in the grieving process. What messed me up was not only had I lost my mom, I'd lost my life, my future plans. Like we were having talks about getting married and having kids. I was, you know, nearly 36 and that's kind of an age where most people would get a bit scared about that.
Starting point is 00:02:43 So yeah, I didn't get in the way of grieving my mummy because I had my friends for that. But it did definitely like, it was something. Like I really, my whole life like was from scratch once again. I didn't depend on my ex for anything, I don't think. And then the one time I kind of switched to depend on him. Like I just needed like a hug, nothing else. I literally said I just need a hug.
Starting point is 00:03:04 And then that's when he dumped me. It's mad, isn't it? I was like, yeah, it's crazy. Did you know though? Because I went into that relationship knowing what I was doing. Like I knew, even though I thought we were going to get married and have kids and whatever, I knew in my mind like, right, you're never going to be that person for me, which saying that out loud sounds crazy. But I think in my mind, I was like, okay, cool, I don't need a man, I'll take this cute little beautiful thing that's like, you know, wonderful in every other aspect. He was a lovely guy, but I never thought, like, I would rely on him for anything. Did you know that in your relationship?
Starting point is 00:03:35 Yeah. Yeah. We all know, right? We know what we're doing. Like, I knew I wasn't going to be able to rely on him for a certain things. But I think I was, like, tricking myself, maybe. Like, I wanted to, too. Yeah, and, oh, I don't need him to be that person for me, but it's not, well, you kind of do.
Starting point is 00:03:49 Like, yeah, I think everyone needs someone that they can, like, rely on. honest you want your partner to be there for lying yeah even if you are like a strong independent woman you do need like it's nice to have somebody to like be your teammate yeah and what's crazy is when you go into a new relationship and you find your teammate you will look back i can promise you this and think why did i think it was acceptable to not have that in my previous relationship because i still don't talk bad about it i had a great relationship but knowing what i was lacking now in what I have in my current relationship and marriage, it's absolutely wild to me that I would think that I didn't need that before.
Starting point is 00:04:29 I think I just got so fixated on like, I'm enough. My friends have me. But unfortunately, your friends will not have you for life. And that's not a nasty thing to say. My friends are my everything. But friends go through their own battles. They'll have kids. They'll get married.
Starting point is 00:04:43 Every single one of my friends that has got married and had kids. Like, they speak to me less. Like my reach out is just the same. It's less. And that is normal and it's natural. So I think if ever, I mean, I'm married now, but if I were to give anyone advice coming out of that style of relationship, it's so wonderful to be independent,
Starting point is 00:05:00 but you are going to need that rock because your girlfriends won't be there forever, sadly. And it's different from a friendship, you're so right. Yeah. And I feel like friends sometimes, depending on your friendships, but they don't necessarily call you out that much because it's not really their place. Like, we'll just kind of laugh it off,
Starting point is 00:05:16 whereas a true partner will call you out on things. They'll hold you accountable. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I do call out quite a bit. As do I, but, you know, I don't people wait. Oh, you definitely do. You definitely do. I do with you because you need it.
Starting point is 00:05:32 I will assess the situation. You need it. It almost calls me out too. So, like, I feel like it's good to hear that you call her out. Yeah. No, but genuinely, with, like, handling breakups, everything that I've learned, everything that I preach here is literally you, word for word.
Starting point is 00:05:49 like the fact that you were like oh your life's not going to be over that is a big thing we preach about here the fact that you're going to find your person the fact that you're going to find your passion that is such a huge thing that we preach here yeah yeah it's also how when you are going through break because obviously like i'm going through one now like it's hard because i also don't have another experience as somebody else because he was my first boyfriend be like oh it's fine because somebody else will come that's better because i don't have any other like i've never gone through that experience of finding somebody better yet Yeah. You know what I mean? I do know what you mean. However, I feel like there's there's a bit of a risk in saying finding someone better because for me, for you, yeah. Well, especially now I know that your relationship wasn't that solid. But even for people who have broken up with someone that they genuinely thought they were in the best relationship ever, you know, they thought they were their rock and their world comes crashing down. Like we find this a lot when, you know, one party cheats and it's completely like out of the blue and you have to break up with them for, you know, your own sort of sense of self. I think people like that, it's much more difficult to think, like,
Starting point is 00:06:49 like, will I find anyone else better? Like, if you had something not quite there in your relationship, it's easier because you think, okay, that was missing. But there are people that go through a breakup with the best person on the planet ever. I've also been through a breakup like that where I could not fault that man. Like, he was my everything. Like, I've never said a bad word about him. We barely had an argument.
Starting point is 00:07:09 But our timelines just didn't align. And I feel like a lot of the time with relationships, it feels like the world is crashing down. But really, it's a gift. opportunity at any point and you will go through the ups and downs but that is all you know for the plot as we say nowadays but also like you're it might not be that you find somebody better but you'll find somebody that you will work together and create that beautiful relationship and you'll find out new things about yourself and you'll think oh maybe actually like I wasn't my best self when I was with them so it's not just an opportunity to find somebody better it's an opportunity for you to
Starting point is 00:07:43 find what better is as a whole does that make sense like you can become better that that's really inspiring. Yeah, I was not my best self in my previous relationship. Like, I feel a much better person like now in my current one. The fact that you were able to start over is so inspiring and the fact that you still found the person for you. Because sometimes I still think like, oh, like, even though my ex-husband wasn't my person, we all know that. I just do think, like, is he ever out there? Oh my gosh. Yes. I think that too. Like, and I'm very, only had one boyfriend. There's so many people out there. Someone's going to work, you know? Yeah. Yeah. And how did you just kind of drop your guard when you found your person? Because that's
Starting point is 00:08:29 what I'm struggling with. I'm very like icebox. I think that is just a personality trait in general. I love love. And I've had really good relationships. You know, with everything I do in life, I'm quite a positive, passionate person. So I feel like that's how if I go through a breakup, I'm just thinking, oh my gosh, like I get to do this all again it's the best bit like meeting them falling in love with them like the awkwardness of like seeing each other in different you know situations meeting their friends meeting their family like i just always put a positive outlook on that it's like that saying of always assume the best is going to happen until the worst does or oh my god i love that okay i needed to hear that yeah that's so nice like it also that is true it's so cute when you first start dating somebody and you're like you
Starting point is 00:09:13 even for example this maybe this is just me but like like your legs feel like or your arms or grades and you're like, oh my God. The palm grades is next level. That your heart goes. Yeah, you're like, oh, is he thinking of the same thing? Yeah. And that's so fun. So you just, you get to have that again.
Starting point is 00:09:29 Like, heartbreak is heartbreak. I'm never going to come on and be like, oh, you know, don't be sad. And it's not shit. It is. It 1,000% is. But so many things are shit in life, sadly. I mean, look at the state of the world, you know. But there is also still that hope and that beauty.
Starting point is 00:09:44 And one of the best things is falling in love for the first time, and you discover just so much about yourself and them and it's yeah it's a gift that sounds so corny but it kind of is it is it's such a short life that we live and for us to be able to restart that a few times because think about our grandparents generation they weren't able to find love all over again like the way we do if they were divorced that's it they're like cussed out of society yeah and look at us like able to meet new people and no one's judging us for our past no one's stigmatizing for the fact that you and I are both divorced. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:22 Like, with the whole divorce thing, you were my only friend who's been through it, and you were the only friend who was excited for my future. Yeah. Everyone else, I could feel that they were scared of me, and I could feel like, oh, like, I wouldn't want to be in her shoes. I can tell you why, though, because you didn't own it. You were your own worst enemy in the divorce. My divorce was heartbreaking.
Starting point is 00:10:45 I did not want it to happen. And ours was, as I said, a timeline thing. Like, he was ready for babies far before I was. It was heartbreaking. But I'd been through that and I hadn't really come out the other end. But I saw, like, you know, life, unfortunately, is not black and white. There's a lot of gray areas. And, you know, from that gray flowers may bloom type vibes.
Starting point is 00:11:02 You knew that you were in a bad relationship. I had so much shame. I was carrying so much shame of, like, having a broken relationship or having a divorce or the fact that it just wasn't perfect. or the fact that I had this sense of idea that societies mean to single women. It's like better to have that social status of being married, being with someone just so I seem normal, just so, which is crazy because he was not a prize. I think the opposite. I think women are far kinder to you when you're single.
Starting point is 00:11:35 I think more women want to be your friends. I think people see you as like more fun when you're single. Like when you're married, people all of a sudden stop inviting you to certain things, which is crazy because you haven't changed as a person. So I personally disagree. But I learned that now, obviously. Yeah. But back then, the shame ate me up.
Starting point is 00:11:54 And the need to have the big flamboyant wedding. Yeah, because I got married just before COVID, so I never got to have that big white dress fairy tale wedding. I just had like a quick, like, Islamic wedding in my living room. Oh, sorry, TMI. No, but this is good because you, when we were first talking about, your divorce, you wanted to get married. And then divorce after.
Starting point is 00:12:21 Crazy. She didn't want to go through everything but not have the big party. And she was dead serious. Hang on. Let's stop just for a sec. Subscribe and follow the breakup diet. You don't want to miss another episode. Struggling with shame was like honestly my biggest downfall.
Starting point is 00:12:38 And I feel like I've only realized that after compartmentalizing my breakup to people who are I guess on the cusp of a breakup or have gone through a breakup, how do we tell them to deal with shame? It's personal. I think any emotion is personal. It's based on your background, your religious belief, the home that you grew up in. It is personal. However, we are living in a very different day and age. And do you know what's quite nice? And I know this isn't nice in terms of us seeing it, but we're seeing a lot of very famous people, whether they're day-to-day influences, you know, 20. You. 20 million followers, but still their day-to-day. They're filming what they're eating for dinner, that kind of thing. You know, we're seeing them go through divorces or, you know, second, third divorces in some cases for these big stars. And it's, I know it shouldn't be normalized because it's a sacred oath and all this kind of thing. But life changes. People's circumstances change. You know, you, there's so many things that you agree to with every being in your soul. And then it gets
Starting point is 00:13:41 to a point where you think this actually isn't beneficial for me or my partner. People will be putting their partners through hell because they want to keep it together, you know, and it can be like that person is not at all fulfilled in their needs whatsoever. And I also think that there's this huge stigma of if you get divorced, you had a bad marriage. Yes. That gets on migrates so much because you can have the most beautiful relationship and you see it in celebrities where they make this beautiful statement and everyone's like, whatever, he cheered. And it's like, or, or they could actually mean what they're saying and they grew up and they became different people and they wanted different things and whatever the case may be. Like, I truly believe you can
Starting point is 00:14:18 break up amicably. I believe that you can have had the best relationship ever, but it gets to a point in your life where you're both going on different paths. And like, I know marriage is about sacrifice, but is it really about like the big things, about children, about moving country? Somebody changes their religion, somebody, you know, their ideals change halfway through. You're going to put each other through that. That to me just doesn't make sense. I feel like owning it makes people respond to you so much differently it makes people think you're you know there's a huge difference and I don't think this is fair but between somebody owning it that oh you're so strong oh my gosh you're starting over again you're so strong whereas if you go in with a little bit
Starting point is 00:14:56 you know more of a timid approach of like oh I don't know if you should I don't even should I know then people tend to be a little less like there for you which is not right I felt so much pity from everyone else but with you you really like showed me so much light and as soon as things kind of kicked off and you know we separated I'm like wait Sabrina I'm actually fine yeah I think it's age as well like we have a big age gap and I've been through and seen things and my friends have been through and seen things and when you're younger you know even if you're in your late 20s you're still young in terms of like real relationship right now you're not dumb what you're in your mid 20s yeah yes you're stupid
Starting point is 00:15:39 You're not dumb. You just haven't seen things. It's that whole black and white theory. Like when I was younger, I wouldn't even date someone that smoked. I wouldn't go, you know, near someone who had once posted. Like, everything is not black and white. And the older you get, you'll see so many people go through things. I know people that have been in relationships where the cheating has been next level. And they are both aware of this cheating. And they hold their head up high and they come to dinner parties and everyone, you know, not a blink of an eye. There's so many complexities in. relationships that you see as people age in those relationships, that you're just not, you don't see it when you're younger because people haven't got there in that relationship. I don't know if you get wiser, you just clock things easier. I've noticed that too. You see more and you're more empathetic because people you know and love have been through it. If you told me that one of my friends would be having an affair when I was 18, I'd be like, well, I can't be friends with them then. I can't be friends with someone who's having an affair when I was 18 because that to me is like, who would do that? Why would someone break up a family?
Starting point is 00:16:39 you know, if you ask me now, there would be so much more of a complex questioning that went on by me, you know? And like, you find yourself in scenarios that you just think, how am I here? How is this happening? But it's someone you love. I saw something like the other day and it was like, this girl talking about like life and everything. And she was like, what I didn't know in my early 20s is that you can have so many emotions, like opposite emotions at the same time. Yes. Like, for example, right now, I'm obviously upset about my breakup. But like also, as you said, I actually had a good relationship. Yeah, I couldn't, like, rely on him for emotional support and that sort of thing,
Starting point is 00:17:16 but our actual time together was really nice. So I have a lot of love for him, but then I'm also really upset and, like, angry. So I've had two massive emotions, like, at him right now at the same time. So it's, like, really hard to navigate. Yeah. You just want one emotion to win at a time. When it's, like, so many, it gets so conflicting, and then you kind of start bargaining. With yourself?
Starting point is 00:17:38 with the concept of the relationship being like it's not that bad maybe I can stay yeah this is what people do even more so though I don't think that gets better when you're older in fact it gets worse because people they say the older you get the less you put up with and like you're more on it every relationship I know but a few is the opposite where they've got to a point where they want kids they want to get married all their friends are married
Starting point is 00:18:02 and they put up with things that they absolutely would not have put up with in their 20s that have been like this guy's whatever, off I go, I've got time. Whereas when people get over the age of 35, this is very common, they start to settle. And I know I'm very glad for the TikTok social movement of like, girl don't settle. And I love that we see so many women, myself included, who start completely over again at 35 and end up in such great scenarios. It's good for us to see that. But a lot of people didn't have that social media presence of, you know, don't settle. And therefore they are in relationships and they've been in them for a number of years because they were just desperate to
Starting point is 00:18:41 have kids. Kids is just so tricky. Once you get to 35, if you think you're struggling with breakups now, when you get older and you want a family, it becomes tricky because then your brain's got a whole other emotion of like, okay, but would he be a good dad? Oh, gosh, breakups are already hard enough for me. I don't know. Please, just the next one, just don't let me have that again. I've had one, not again. You don't want another breakup? No, no, same, same. I'm like, two is enough. The next person I'm going to date is going to be B1. That's putting a lot of pressure on you and the person you're about to be. That's why I'm not dating. Okay, I don't, I don't condone any of this. I'm the opposite when I'm dating. Dating for me is the funnest thing ever,
Starting point is 00:19:27 because I'm like, okay, what can I learn about myself? Them? Like, it's so much fun. When you're dating with intention, I find that trickier. When you're looking for reasons to think they're a good guy, because again, when you're older, you're not looking for reasons not to like them, which you do in your 20s. You're like, no. When you're older, it's like, okay, well, he's not quite that handsome, but like, okay, he's got a really good job. Like, okay, well, he doesn't sound like he wants kids just yet, but like he's got a big family. So they're probably putting pressure. Your brain, again, not my personal brain, but this is the brain of like people 35 plus is how they work. You're thinking a lot more than is this guy.
Starting point is 00:20:01 I feel like that makes so much sense though because obviously when your friends like go off and they're not around as much wanting to hang so much then you like you're you do want to find your person because you're like oh my god like I don't want to just be sat alone all the time like yeah and you start meeting someone that you've been dating for a few months and you're even saying to your friends like yeah it's all mine no but it happens it's so wonderful when you meet someone and you love them so much and like you just want to stitch yourself into them and like you know Like, there's nothing like that feeling of just wanting to be, like, physically attached to your partner at all times. Oh, the love is so beautiful and I can't wait to experience that again.
Starting point is 00:20:39 I'm not ready just yet, but... Yeah, me too. I'm not ready just yet. I can tell you that much. But, yes, me too. How do you not take, like, yeah, the past stuff in? I think that would be... Yeah, that's tricky.
Starting point is 00:20:50 You know, even if you had a nice relationship, it's still like... Sometimes that's worse, because then you're comparing. Oh, no, don't tell you. Right? Imagine having the perfect relationship. and then you meet a guy and you're like, excuse me, this is not the treatment I'm used to. Oh, no.
Starting point is 00:21:05 Babe, what are you scared about? It's not like he gave me much. You guys were long distance. Yeah, but like he was like nice. You'll find nice more. There's lots of nice. Yeah, nice is an easy one. There's a lot of nice guys.
Starting point is 00:21:16 I feel like nice is a good benchmark. You'll be safe. I just want someone nice, supportive, bunny. These are very easy standards to me. But in terms of taking baggage from an ex-relationship, that's on you. And it doesn't ever. get easier. In fact, again, I feel like it gets harder, the older you get. I still have to give myself
Starting point is 00:21:34 therapy. You know, I went to therapy for 10 years just to become who I am today in general when something happens in my relationship and I'm like, and I'm like, hold up. Is this, is this him or is this you? And it's nine times out of 10 me. But I will preach therapy until the cows come home. So a hundred percent. Short answer for that one, isn't it? Yeah. And the guy to have gone to therapy as well you notice instantly when when your man's gone to therapy as well oh there's such a different level of like emotional intelligence yeah we never had a fight me and my ex because we both just knew how to communicate because we were both very heavily therapist yeah yeah therapy is key absolutely yeah don't think i've ever dated somebody who's gone to therapy to be fair oh then you're gonna find
Starting point is 00:22:18 your next partner will be 10 times better because he'll have gone to therapy i mean it's still quite rare in men think it's common for guys to go to therapy now it's expensive that's the thing yeah it's that whole like nonsense of if he wanted to he would like I personally I don't really like that saying just because I feel like because there's so many things I want to do and I haven't done yeah or like that I would love to I would love Ilma to buy you a house because you're my friends and I love you so much I've just I would love to find you a house with the pool all the time whenever I'm there yeah but I can't neither I really want to me too me too And we still love each other and we're really good friends.
Starting point is 00:22:57 Yeah. That's such a toxic word that if you wanted to, he would. Yeah. Yeah. Let's change it to something like, you know, if he wanted to make you feel special, he would. Or something like that. Like, I get, yeah. Or like, you know, if he sees you, he sees you.
Starting point is 00:23:10 Yes. Because I feel like there's so much pressure on men nowadays. It's nice to have dates and being taken care of. But as a young guy, as like a grad, a grad, doing a grad job, how am I supposed to pay like 200 pounds every week for a day? and, like, still survive on, like, London expenses. Yeah. That is hard.
Starting point is 00:23:29 Like, I completely empathize with it, but equally, I want them to pay. Yeah, but you're looking for a certain type of guy as well. Paying's different. Listen, hmm. I am very much in the non-50-50 club. Okay, same, same. But I also equally empathize with, like, these young boys. Well, I empathize for them when you've got girls, like, you know,
Starting point is 00:23:52 getting the 10,000 rows. bouquet or going on private jets or their boyfriends constantly buying them burkins and that kind of thing paying for the date no that's that's for me that's like no question you know i don't believe in 50 50 personally unless one of you's earning substantially more money that's a completely different situation right i still believe in like women being treated but i mean the pressure of what we see of you know it's enough when we see other women with so much money and they're doing all of these wonderful things and but i know that that kind of content can be damaging and it's the same when see a woman, you know, and their husbands, like, taking them to ermes and spending all this
Starting point is 00:24:28 money on them. And I've seen women, like, kind of, like, fall into themselves almost, watching those TikToks because it's like, oh, you know, my boyfriend doesn't do that for me. And it's, it's really, really sad. It's pure grain rot. I have to click not interested. Anything that's, like, dating related, which is funny because we do talk about relationships and dating, I'm like, not interested because it's just so like you need to get this you have to expect this if he's not doing that oh like yeah just like I don't need to hear it I don't need to compare anything to anyone and listen like want what's best for yourself absolutely and like you know if if you have that man that's sharing you with their mares because that's his his means then fair enough but also like
Starting point is 00:25:06 if you meet this beautiful guy with a stable job that can take you to Venice for a weekend trip that is that is amazing that is absolutely that is still like top 1% you know know, or buys you multiple flowers for your birthday or does something thoughtful. Like, that is still such high level in the grand scheme of how other relationships are. And I think it's so easy to forget that. Yeah, it'll buy you flowers for Valentine's Day. That would be nice. Oh, gosh.
Starting point is 00:25:34 Do you see what I mean? When she's like, am I going to find someone nice? I'm like, if that's what you're nice is, you will. Your nicest. Fair minimum. I'm going to hold back here. You're going through a breakup, and I don't want to, you know, I'm not going to give you the full, like, Ilma spiel, because, you know.
Starting point is 00:25:51 Oh my God. But, I got it. You can give it to me off camera. Yeah, Elma really got it, bless it. I really didn't. I needed it. Like, you saved me. Like, if I didn't have you, I don't know how I would have navigated it.
Starting point is 00:26:02 My argument was more why you prolonging this, because you'd already decided that you did not want to be with him anymore. And you were kind of, like, prolonging the process for, for reasons. For little social. status for religion for culture yeah and and more reasons and there's going to be all of them when you're in a relationship and for me it was a case of why i can't understand what's happening here and then you were also and this is hilarious to think of right now you were also thinking like i'm just what were you like 25 or something crazy she was also saying to me like oh you know i just
Starting point is 00:26:39 don't think can't meet anyone else because you know i'm older imagine saying this to me i would have been like 34 at the time or whatever it was like nonsense absolute nonsense you didn't think you would find you didn't think you would find anyone it is true though like when you go through a breakup it is hard not to think like you really think like doom and gloom like it's all or nothing kind of thing it's such a toxic way of thinking but when you're in there it's so hard not to also i tell you what it is i think is you're annoyed it yourself because you've given this person i've been there in my last one like four years of my life i knew all along you weren't really like the one for me like i still think we had a wonderful relationship and i do not regret it at all but you know that you've put
Starting point is 00:27:24 four years into it so you're like oh do i like just really like like try and like trudge through this and like put more work into it or if they break up with you then you're just like four years like that's it's very easy to just assume that like that was a waste of time i say in air quotes a waste of time it never is but it feels like that and I feel like a lot of the time that's the kicker when you first start dating someone it's like oh you know it's been three months and they might get better then you end up into like a longer time period then it's like well I've spent all this time now and they've got a bit better at this this this and this like I'll keep going and you kind of just have to you know again therapy yourself and be like okay well I learned that you know I can go to my friends for emotional support and you do learn things it's an annoying tricky you know expensive you really have to train your brain for it It's hard work training your brain, but you've got to commit to it. Because for me, when I went through all of that, I, at the end of I was like, there is no way I'm going to put myself through that. There is no way I'm going to settle like that ever again.
Starting point is 00:28:26 But I don't know also, I don't think you know somebody until quite far in, really. So then, like, if I'm being called, I don't fully feel like I knew my ex fully, like, because number one, we're a long distance. We didn't never live together. You're not always around each other. So how could you? so then like even for these things to happen you have to like it has to be you have to be with them a long time yeah oh for sure and condensed time as well yeah like i'm not my full self i'll hold my hands up high
Starting point is 00:28:53 like i'm like queen for the first two months of the relationship like lure them in you know like if they then fall in love with the crazy afterwards great stuff but no one's their full self the second they meet someone like you're putting your best foot forward and you're like you want them to like you do it. You've not had a tantrum about not finding an outfit yet, you know, they're not in your house when you can't find a Kirby grip. Like, that's a whole new person. Living together is massive. That's massive. And that's when you really, I think, and that's why I say to my friends, like, live with someone as soon as possible. I know other people disagree, but I'm like, moving with them, ASAP. I agree with this. When you're older, of course,
Starting point is 00:29:29 not in your, like, early 20. No, but I actually agree with it. I don't think it's, like, I think it's a massive thing, but I think it's the best thing to do if you want to know if this is actually going to work yeah and pay half friend at that point you want to know that if something happens between you two that place is just as much yours as theirs yeah let them treat you dinner bills or that kind of stuff but if something goes wrong in that relationship you don't want to be in a position where you're like oh gosh well now I need to move as well because then you won't you'll put up with all the other stuff whereas if you know that you've gone into that like half and half you either get a roommate or you and the tendency or whatever the case may be but there's
Starting point is 00:30:02 there's so much power in that first like I'm telling you're financials Security is so important for women to have. Like, never stop working, never stop chipping in. You know, you can approach it in a more equitable way and pay in proportion to each other's salary. What a lovely sentence, Ilma. Yes, exactly. I fully agree. Do you know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:30:24 I believe in equity more than equality. Like, I don't want to do 50-50. If he's earning blah, blah, blah, I want to pay the 30% he pays a 70, if that's what the difference is. Love that. Yeah. I think that's fair too I think that is way more fair I think so too
Starting point is 00:30:39 equity over everything except when you're having a baby and then it's like you're giving me money every month thank you sir well that's what he's paying for a BBL
Starting point is 00:30:47 every every contract will be slightly different but yeah but yeah but no I agree I think that's a lovely way to put it as well
Starting point is 00:30:57 oh well done Neilma thank you I needed that I feel like I feel like it's like when the grass Hopper becomes like, you know what I mean, like the teacher, and then the, you're like,
Starting point is 00:31:09 oh, that really is. I'm telling you, like, everything I've learned from me, it's like sleeping into the pod. I love it. Yeah, it's like Sabrina's legacy. Oh, I love it.

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